Current status of turbulent dynamo theory: from large-scale to small-scale dynamos

A Brandenburg, D Sokoloff, K Subramanian - Space Science Reviews, 2012 - Springer
Several recent advances in turbulent dynamo theory are reviewed. High resolution
simulations of small-scale and large-scale dynamo action in periodic domains are compared …

Astrophysical hydromagnetic turbulence

A Brandenburg, A Lazarian - Space Science Reviews, 2013 - Springer
Recent progress in astrophysical hydromagnetic turbulence is being reviewed. The physical
ideas behind the now widely accepted Goldreich–Sridhar model and its extension to …

On the amplification of magnetic fields in cosmic filaments and galaxy clusters

F Vazza, M Brüggen, C Gheller… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The amplification of primordial magnetic fields via a small-scale turbulent dynamo during
structure formation might be able to explain the observed magnetic fields in galaxy clusters …

Coarse-grained incompressible magnetohydrodynamics: analyzing the turbulent cascades

H Aluie - New Journal of Physics, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We formulate a coarse-graining approach to the dynamics of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD)
fluids at a continuum of length-scales ℓ. In this methodology, effective equations are derived …

Large-eddy simulations of magnetohydrodynamic turbulence in heliophysics and astrophysics

M Miesch, W Matthaeus, A Brandenburg… - Space Science …, 2015 - Springer
We live in an age in which high-performance computing is transforming the way we do
science. Previously intractable problems are now becoming accessible by means of …

Nonlocal interactions in hydrodynamic turbulence at high Reynolds numbers: The slow emergence of scaling laws

PD Mininni, A Alexakis, A Pouquet - … Review E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft …, 2008 - APS
We analyze the data stemming from a forced incompressible hydrodynamic simulation on a
grid of 2048 3 regularly spaced points, with a Taylor Reynolds number of R λ∼ 1300. The …

The timestep constraint in solving the gravitational wave equations sourced by hydromagnetic turbulence

A Roper Pol, A Brandenburg… - … & Astrophysical Fluid …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Hydromagnetic turbulence produced during phase transitions in the early universe can be a
powerful source of stochastic gravitational waves (GWs). GWs can be modelled by the …

Astrophysical turbulence modeling

A Brandenburg, Å Nordlund - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
The role of turbulence in various astrophysical settings is reviewed. Among the differences
to laboratory and atmospheric turbulence we highlight the ubiquitous presence of magnetic …

Large eddy simulations in astrophysics

W Schmidt - Living Reviews in Computational Astrophysics, 2015 - Springer
In this review, the methodology of large eddy simulations (LES) is introduced and
applications in astrophysics are discussed. As theoretical framework, the scale …

Large-scale dynamos at low magnetic Prandtl numbers

A Brandenburg - The Astrophysical Journal, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Using direct simulations of hydromagnetic turbulence driven by random polarized waves it is
shown that dynamo action is possible over a wide range of magnetic Prandtl numbers from …